“All in all, this was a pretty shameful day for Washington.”
– President Obama, late Wednesday afternoon

The Texas delegation couldn’t disagree more.

Texas’ two senators, who did all they could to sink a compromise to expand background checks before weapon sales, hailed the Senate’s action — even though each of them sponsored measures that also failed.

House Republicans were elated by the Senate’s 54 to 46 vote on the background-check compromise offered by Democrat Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Republican Pat Toomey of Pennsylvnania — which fell six votes short of the 60 required for passage because of a threatened Cruz-led filibuster.